A.bend oneself, double oneself up, esp. for pain, “ἰδνώθη” Il.2.266; “ἰδνώθη δὲ πεσών” 13.618; ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω, of a snake in the clutches of an eagle, 12.205; also, of one throwing up a ball perpendicularly, Od.8.375, cf. APl.4.97; of the womb, “ἢν . . ἰδνωθῇ” Hp. Mul.1.2; ἰδνοῦται ib.10:—Act., ἰδνῶ only in Hdn.Gr.1.451.
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